Picnics 101: 12 Perfectly Packable Recipes (and Tips)

What's the most important part of prepping for a picnic? Packing it up! Choosing delicious recipes that are suitable for packing up and eating outdoors is crucial to creating a good picnic spread, but knowing how to best tote your dishes to your favorite spot is just as important. Luckily, we've got a slew of divine recipes suited for outdoor dining and the tips you need to create a lovely picnic experience.In need of more picnic-worthy eats? Check out our collection of pasta salads.

Flavorful Potato Salad

Flavorful Potato Salad

Potato salad is a classic picnic and backyard barbecue dish for a reason: a starchy base, like roasted or boiled potatoes, readily absorbs a creamy, flavorful dressing. And the longer it sits, the tastier it gets. Make a salad like this one a night or two before you plan to picnic so its flavors have time to intensify and permeate every piece of potato.

Mess-Free Portable Wraps

Mess-Free Portable Wraps

To ensure these wraps stay together and drip as little as possible when eaten, leave enough room at one end of the wrap to tightly fold it over on itself with the end tucked in (so that only one end of the wrap remains open). Then, wrap the whole sandwich tightly in foil. When you're ready to enjoy it, simply tear the foil off the open end of the sandwich, so that you can easily hold and eat it, while keeping the remaining end wrapped up to prevent a mess.